Sour Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies
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Recipe type: Sweet Treats
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Serves: 2 dozen cookies
 
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup (or 1 stick) butter
  • ⅓ Cup lightly packed brown sugar
  • ½ Teaspoon almond extract (you can sub vanilla extract if it's all you have)
  • 1 Cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ Cup of toasted almonds, finely processed in a food processor
  • Sour Cherry Preserves (or your favorite flavor)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking spray. Using a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift flour, add to the butter mixture and mix well, until combined. Let dough chill in the refrigerator for about one hour.
  2. Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls. Roll each ball into the toasted almond mixture and place on baking sheet. Make an indentation with your thumb in the center of each round ball. Bake for 15 minutes or until cookies are lightly brown.
  3. Wait until cookies have completely cooled and fill the center indentations with sour cherry preserves.
Recipe by In Good Taste at http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/sour-cherry-almond-thumbprint-cookies/